Every few months we’ll be updating you on the progress made on the Texas Youth Permanency Study (TYPS) conducted by UT Austin, in partnership with Upbring and sponsored by The Reissa Foundation and The Simmons Foundation. This study is a 5-year longitudinal study following 500 foster youth who are 14–21 years old at time of recruitment. Participant recruitment occurred at child welfare courts across Texas, beginning in June 2019. Recruitment is now closed.

Last quarter, we sat down with two judicial leaders in the Texas child welfare system to learn more about their approaches to centering the voices of youth during case decision-making. You can read the highlights in our new blog post, featured in our Clinician’s Corner digest, and check out our videos with Judge Sakai and Judge Martinez-Jones.

As of December 2022, we are proud to share that the TYPS team has…